With the coaching carousel pretty much dead, Lembo has accepted an assistant's position under DJ Durkin at Maryland.
Two seasons, two different Mid-American Conference head coaches resigning in the offseason to accept a lesser job at a Power Five School.
Lust under a year after Central Michigan head coach Dan Enos left to be the offensive coordinator for Arkansas, Pete Lembo will be leaving the Cardinals after a 3-9 season that saw Ball State finish 5th in the MAC West, in front of only Eastern Michigan. Ball State also finished 127th of 128 teams in average attendance this season, with less than 8,000 fans a game coming to see the Cardinals in 2015.